University and Educational Intelligence

Abstract

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. BRISTOL, will shortly commence its fourth Session. The calendar, which is before us, states that there were 448 students in the college in the second session; and in the third, 576, of whom 355 were men and 221 women; 172 came in the day-time and 404 in the evening. Good progress is being made by the Engineering Department, which is designed to afford a thorough scientific education for students intending to become mechanical or civil engineers, surveyors, or architects. The course for engineering is such that students can pursue it during the six winter months of each year, and the council of the college have arranged with the leading civil and manufacturing engineers in the neighbourhood to receive in their offices and workshops during the summer months, students whose position relatively to the firms would be that of articled pupils. Many of the recent developments in the scheme of instruction in the college are designed to meet the wants of the department. There are in addition general courses in Chemistry, Mathematics, Mechanics, Engineering, Experimental Physics, Surveying, Geometrical Drawing, Geology, Botany, Political Economy, Logic, Law, Modern History, English Literature, Greek, Latin, Ancient History and Literature, French and German. There are evening classes at low fees in most of these subjects. The college is also giving, with the co-operation of the Company of Clothworkers, instruction at Stroud in Chemistry and the Textile Industries. The subject of Logic has been added to the curriculum this year, and lectures on it will be given by Prof. Fanshawe, Fellow of New College, Oxford, who has recently been elected to the post of Classical Professor. The opening lecture of the session is to be given by him on Monday, October 6th, on “The Conditions of Intellectual Progress.”